Manifest madness : mental incapacity in the criminal law /
Loughnan, Arlie,
Manifest madness : mental incapacity in the criminal law / Arlie Loughran. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Understanding mental incapacity in criminal law is notoriously difficult; it involves tracing overlapping and interlocking legal doctrines, current and past practices of evidence and proof, and also medical and social understandings of mental illness and incapacity. With its focus on the complex interaction of legal doctrines and practices relating to mental incapacity and knowledge - both expert and non-expert - of it, this book offers a fresh perspective on this topic.
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Mentally ill offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.--England.
Mentally ill offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.--Wales.
Criminal liability--England.
Criminal liability--Wales.
Insanity (Law)--England.
Insanity (Law)--Wales.
KD7897
345.4'204
Manifest madness : mental incapacity in the criminal law / Arlie Loughran. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Understanding mental incapacity in criminal law is notoriously difficult; it involves tracing overlapping and interlocking legal doctrines, current and past practices of evidence and proof, and also medical and social understandings of mental illness and incapacity. With its focus on the complex interaction of legal doctrines and practices relating to mental incapacity and knowledge - both expert and non-expert - of it, this book offers a fresh perspective on this topic.
9780191738883 (ebook) : No price 0191738883 (ebook) : No price
Mentally ill offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.--England.
Mentally ill offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.--Wales.
Criminal liability--England.
Criminal liability--Wales.
Insanity (Law)--England.
Insanity (Law)--Wales.
KD7897
345.4'204